Netflix is previewing Monster: The Ed Gein Story, starring Charlie Hunnam as the Wisconsin serial killer. The Ed Gein Story is the latest installment in the ‘Monster’ anthology series from Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan.

The series synopsis reads: “In the frozen fields of 1950s rural Wisconsin, a friendly, mild-mannered recluse named Eddie Gein (Hunnam) lived quietly on a decaying farm – hiding a house of horrors so gruesome it would redefine the American nightmare.”

Known as the Butcher of Plainfield or the Plainfield Ghoul (who also inspired films including Psycho and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre) Gein confessed to murdering two women in the 1950s. He also allegedly made trophies out of bodies and skin of corpses he exhumed from graveyards, and is suspected of having been responsible for the deaths of others – including his brother Henry – however, authorities were unable to connect him definitively to any of the cases.

The cast also includes Laurie Metcalf as Gein’s mother, Augusta; Tom Hollander as Hitchcock, with Olivia Williams playing his wife Alma Reville; Addison Rae as Evelyn Hartley; Charlie Hall as Deputy Frank Worden, and Suzanna Son, in an unknown role. Olivia Williams, Lesley Manville, Joey Pollari, Tyler Jacob Moore, Mimi Kennedy, Will Brill, and Robin Weigert also star.

Hunnam told Netflix’s Tudum about the project: “I lost almost 30 pounds just to get a more malnourished, light frame. I spent a lot of time thinking about where his energy was, that he’s not particularly confident or, like, front-foot type of energy…”

The limited series premieres October 3 on Netflix; see the trailer: HERE.

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